Since 2012, Jan Recker has been addressing issues related to digitalization, innovation, and entrepreneurship. His most important contributions include new theories about how technological developments influence entrepreneurship<ref>{{Cite journal |last=von Briel |first=Frederik |last2=Davidsson |first2=Per |last3=Recker |first3=Jan |date=2018-01-01 |title=Digital Technologies as External Enablers of New Venture Creation in the IT Hardware Sector |url=https://doi.org/10.1177/1042258717732779 |journal=Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice |language=EN |volume=42 |issue=1 |pages=47–69 |doi=10.1177/1042258717732779 |issn=1042-2587}}</ref> and how companies can manage artificial intelligence.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Berente |first=Nicholas |last2=Gu |first2=Bin |last3=Recker |first3=Jan |last4=Santhanam |first4=Radhika |date=2021-09-01 |title=Special Issue Editor’s Comments: Managing Artificial Intelligence |url=https://aisel.aisnet.org/misq/vol45/iss3/16 |journal=Management Information Systems Quarterly |volume=45 |issue=3 |pages=1433–1450 |issn=0276-7783}}</ref>
Since 2012, Jan Recker has been addressing issues related to digitalization, innovation, and entrepreneurship. His most important contributions include new theories about how technological developments influence entrepreneurship<ref>{{Cite journal |last=von Briel |first=Frederik |last2=Davidsson |first2=Per |last3=Recker |first3=Jan |date=2018-01-01 |title=Digital Technologies as External Enablers of New Venture Creation in the IT Hardware Sector |url=https://doi.org/10.1177/1042258717732779 |journal=Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice |language=EN |volume=42 |issue=1 |pages=47–69 |doi=10.1177/1042258717732779 |issn=1042-2587}}</ref> and how companies can manage artificial intelligence.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Berente |first=Nicholas |last2=Gu |first2=Bin |last3=Recker |first3=Jan |last4=Santhanam |first4=Radhika |date=2021-09-01 |title=Special Issue Editor’s Comments: Managing Artificial Intelligence |url=https://aisel.aisnet.org/misq/vol45/iss3/16 |journal=Management Information Systems Quarterly |volume=45 |issue=3 |pages=1433–1450 |issn=0276-7783}}</ref>
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Jan Recker (born 8 September 1979 in Essen) is a German researcher in the field of business informatics. Since 2021, he has been Nucleus Professor (W3) for Information Systems and Digital Innovation at the University of Hamburg, funded by the Excellence Strategy of the German Federal Government and the States.
Education and Career
Jan Recker earned a bachelor’s and master’s degree in business informatics from the University of Münster (both in 2004) a doctorate (PhD) in business informatics (information systems) from Queensland University of Technology in 2008. He won several awards for his degrees, including the Mercer AlumniUM Master’s Award for his master’s degree, the BearingPoint Award for his master’s thesis, and the ACPHIS Information Systems Doctoral Thesis Award for his doctoral thesis. After completing his doctorate, he worked as a senior lecturer (2008–2010), associate professor (2010–2012), and full professor (2012–2017) at Queensland University of Technology. Between 2012 and 2016, his research was funded by Woolworths Ltd. through the Woolworths Chair of Retail Innovation. From 2018 to 2021, Jan Recker taught as Chaired Professor of Information Systems and Systems Development at the University of Cologne.
Jan Recker is considered one of the leading researchers in business informatics in Europe and worldwide. In Germany, he is regarded as one of the most productive, most cited, and most published researchers in economics and computer science in general.[1][2]
Important works
Jan Recker is known, among other things, for his textbook Scientific for Research in Information Systems: A Beginner’s Guide, which is used for training in many research institutions for business informatics.
Jan Recker’s research focuses on the opportunities and risks of digitalization for companies. His research interests include digital entrepreneurship and the creation of new digital companies, the invention and use of digital innovations, the digital transformation of existing organizations, the digitalization of products, services, and processes, and the provision of digital solutions for sustainable development goals.
Between 2005 and 2010, Jan Recker focused primarily on the adoption of the new process modeling standard BPMN. He published the first usage studies.[3][4] The results subsequently contributed to the further development of the standard.[5][6] From 2010 onwards, he increasingly focused on the question of how companies develop and use digital solutions to successfully implement sustainability strategies. Together with Stefan Seidel and Jan vom Brocke, he published one of the first field studies on the topic.[7]
Since 2012, Jan Recker has been addressing issues related to digitalization, innovation, and entrepreneurship. His most important contributions include new theories about how technological developments influence entrepreneurship[8] and how companies can manage artificial intelligence.[9]
References
- ^ “World’s Best Business and Management Scientists: H-Index Business and Management Science Ranking in Germany 2025”. Research.com. Retrieved 2025-12-10.
- ^ “WirtschaftsWoche”. www.wiwo.de. Retrieved 2025-12-10.
- ^ Muehlen, Michael zur; Recker, Jan (2013), Bubenko, Janis; Krogstie, John; Pastor, Oscar; Pernici, Barbara (eds.), “How Much Language Is Enough? Theoretical and Practical Use of the Business Process Modeling Notation”, Seminal Contributions to Information Systems Engineering: 25 Years of CAiSE, Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer, pp. 429–443, doi:10.1007/978-3-642-36926-1_35, ISBN 978-3-642-36926-1, retrieved 2025-12-10
- ^ Recker, Jan (2010-02-09). “Opportunities and constraints: the current struggle with BPMN”. Business Process Management Journal. 16 (1): 181–201. doi:10.1108/14637151011018001. ISSN 1463-7154.
- ^ Extending Representational Analysis: BPMN User and Developer Perspectives. Springer. 2007. pp. 384–399. doi:10.1007/978-3-540-75183-0_28. ISBN 978-3-540-75183-0.
- ^ Author sandy (2008-03-13). “The Great BPMN Debate”. Column 2. Retrieved 2024-04-28.
- ^ Sensemaking and Sustainable Practicing: Functional Affordances of Information Systems in Green Transformations. Vol. 37. 2013. pp. 1275–1299. ISSN 0276-7783. JSTOR 43825792.
- ^ von Briel, Frederik; Davidsson, Per; Recker, Jan (2018-01-01). “Digital Technologies as External Enablers of New Venture Creation in the IT Hardware Sector”. Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice. 42 (1): 47–69. doi:10.1177/1042258717732779. ISSN 1042-2587.
- ^ Berente, Nicholas; Gu, Bin; Recker, Jan; Santhanam, Radhika (2021-09-01). “Special Issue Editor’s Comments: Managing Artificial Intelligence”. Management Information Systems Quarterly. 45 (3): 1433–1450. ISSN 0276-7783.
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